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This training is designed to prepare public health officials and workers to effectively plan for and respond to pandemic events in a manner that is sensitive to the needs of children and families, enhances compliance with public health recommendations, and supports resiliency in the pediatric population.
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Limited health literacy is very common among patients in the US. Managing such patients effectively requires that health care providers understand the nature of health literacy and possess specific clinical skills both to assess the health literacy of their patients and to communicate with them in a manner consistent with their health literacy levels.
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Female urologic conditions including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and urinary tract infections are common medical problems. The primary care physician is often the first medical provider to encounter patients with these conditions. They should be familiar with the basic evaluation and treatment of these conditions as well as indications for referral.
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Katie Ballert, MD
University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
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Lean management is increasingly popular in healthcare, but there is a shortage of information applying lean management to primary care clinics. Through this training, primary care providers can expect to improve patient flow and increase their capacity to see patients. With most organizations' Lean Implementation, they are not seeing Lean as a management system, therefore, missing key elements to support that system. These key elements are vital for the success of a Lean...
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Michael Hoseus, MA
Executive Director, Center for Quality People & Organizations
President, Lean Culture...
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About 3 million Veterans enrolled in the VA Health Care System live in rural areas. These rural Veterans sometimes cannot find a way to travel to see a doctor or other health care workers. Rural Veterans might not live near a VA hospital or a VA doctor's office. Some rural Veterans need help to schedule visits to see a doctor or to schedule medical tests or to get medicine from their local drugstore.
The Office of Rural Health (ORH) is a part of the Veterans Health...
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Anselm A. Beach, MS
Chief Planning Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
MidSouth Healthcare Network
Nashville,...
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Project Access was created to increase access to comprehensive and coordinated healthcare services for children and youth with epilepsy residing in medically underserved and rural areas. Nine states are working to implement effective communication and outreach strategies to serve selected underserved populations. The Washington demonstration program is working with the Hispanic population in Yakima and Benton/Franklin Counties. This workshop presents some of the barriers confronted by rural...
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As patient and graft survival after liver transplantation continues to improve, unmet medical needs have emerged as a focus of concern for clinicians involved in long-term patient management. Pre- and post-transplant renal dysfunction represents one of the most serious challenges facing liver transplantation today. Acute and chronic renal failure, occurring both before and after liver transplantation, complicates patient management and has been associated with increased morbidity...
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Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical complications and patients with SCI still present a high prevalence of secondary complications many years after their rehabilitation.
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Sara Salles, DO
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
College of Medicine
University of...
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The inability to absorb certain sugars affects the lives of patients not only within Kentucky but also in the US and beyond. The symptoms that present themselves for these patients can be misdiagnosed due to the challenge of detecting them properly. The lack of information available concerning identifying and treating this condition prolongs the risk of misdiagnosis. This course will give the participant information concerning certain malabsorption and tolerance of certain...
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Jay A. Perman, MD
President
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
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Lean management is increasingly popular in healthcare, but there is a shortage of information applying lean management to primary care clinics. Through this training, primary care providers can expect to improve patient flow and increase their capacity to see patients. Lean tools are misunderstood in the Lean community with people not understanding their purpose in Lean Management. This course will lead to a better understanding of not only "what" the tools are, but also...
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Michael Hoseus, MA
Executive Director, Center for Quality People & Organizations
President, Lean Culture...
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